Waging Peace - Commericial Appeal

Gandhi-King Conference to examine revival of nonviolent approach to social change
Published: October 15, 2011
by Dr. Manoj Jain

Since my childhood, I have believed that both petty and global conflicts can be resolved through the power of nonviolence.

In school, when a kid bullied me, my parents told me, "Never hit back." Since I was puny -- 90 pounds in ninth grade -- this strategy was my best option. My strategy worked. A burly, unruly kid named Tom befriended me and prevented others from dumping my books in the hallway. I reciprocated by helping him with his homework during study halls. Read More

LETTERS TO THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Following the Jain Tradition - New York Times

Published: September 29, 2011
By Dr. Manoj Jain

Regarding Aidan Foster-Carter’s “To Catch a Roach” (Meanwhile, Sept. 27): Last Saturday night, coming home from a party, we found a roach, a spider and an ant in our kitchen. Gently, I got the roach to climb on to the bristle part of the broom; my wife captured the spider in a cup, and our 12-year-old son helped scoot the ant onto a sheet of paper. Then we escorted them outside to our lawn. Read More

Knowledge is weapon in fight against silent killers - Commercial Appeal

Published: September 17, 2011
by Dr. Manoj Jain

The first question my friends asked last week after we watched the new movie "Contagion" was: "Can this really happen?"
I should know. I am an infectious disease doctor. Read More

Intensive care units grow more friendly to patients’ families at some hospitals - Washington Post

Published: August 30, 2011
by Dr. Manoj Jain

Not long ago, when my father was about to undergo a heart procedure, I hinted to the cardiologist, a colleague, that I wanted to be there, too, not just to offer comfort but also to be present for the play-by-play that would lead to a critical decision: whether to open his blocked arteries with a stent or to perform bypass surgery. Draped in an X-ray-shielding body suit over his blue scrubs, the doctor hesitated. Read More

Video: Meningitis - WREG

Interviewed on : August 18, 2011

Dr Manoj Jain is an Infectious Disease Specialist talking about the deadly brain infection that occurs after swimming in warm fresh water that killed a 9-year-old boy in Virginia and 16-year-old girl in Florida. view video

Knowledge is weapon in fight against silent killers

Published: August 15, 2011
by Dr. Manoj Jain

When my patient, a middle-age working woman and mother of three, was admitted to the hospital for shortness of breath, I told her she had a choice: "You can live for three to four years, or you can live for 30 to 40 years." Read More

Big pharma and patient care - Commercial Appeal

Doctors' interaction with drug reps is slippery slope, Memphis physician says
Published: July 10, 2011 
by Dr. Manoj Jain

About a decade ago when I was newly settled into private practice in Memphis, a representative for a drug company marketing a new and powerful antibiotic stood in my office and asked whether I would like to attend a consultants' meeting about the drug in Washington. Read More